If you weren't at the excellent presentation given by Paul Stanford featuring the 'Reading Remodeling' last Saturday you missed an excellent evening. Nothing to do with Reading but here is a Gem from Paul on the Clevedon branch- a picture by his late father John Stanford.

The attached picture by my late father John Stanford. It shows a single power car DMU coming through the outskirts of Yatton, approaching the station - behind the photographer. The siding behind the DMU served Caperns Birdseed Factory. Photo taken July 1964' just over 2 years before the line closed fully. Post line closure in October 1966, a part of the line (about 2-1/2 miles from Yatton) remained in use to train in-track machine drivers - but was fully lifted by 1970/71. Copyright of this picture Paul Stanford

Another photograph by the late John Stanford showing a Weston to Paddington train slowing to call at Yatton station. Note the signal box is still functional it closed in January 1972 and the Clevedon branch connection and Clevedon bay platform (right hand side in shot, is still in situ). Indeed there are box vans in the bay. Copyright Paul Stanford.